Great white pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Class
- Bird
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Pelecanidae
- Diet
- Fish eater
- Size
- Medium (1–2 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, Africa
- Habitat
- Wetlands, Rivers and lakes
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Flocks form a line or horseshoe and drive fish together into the shallows before scooping them up.
- In the breeding season its white plumage takes on a pinkish tint.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q199427 · All animals · All entries